Good Morning Easter Sunday

A letter from our council gilly telling us the cowp (tip) is closed and in the meantime, glass, plastic has to be washed out and put in our grey bin with other household waste and is being collected weekly as usual. Garden waste to be composted and we have a pile of cardboard in the garage which we will eventually dispose of whenever the cowp opens again.

Good morning and Happy Easter from Essex. Late this morning as lots of good wishes from family and friends. Just admiring my garden as nobody else will for a while anyway!
Think I might just relax and enjoy it today, as can always find something that needs doing out there!
DGC and their parents will come for a 'end of path' chat today. I feel lucky that I can actually see them and the cuddles will be all stored up for when we get out!!!
Hope everyone can enjoy the day in whatever way they can xxxxx

So sad for your poor DGC EllenVannin I can imagine they forget he has gone while they are asleep . It must be awful for them when they wake up and remember

I just can’t understand why they have closed our very modern recycling facility Grammaretto it’s not as though it was manned during opening times anyway . Yes there will be fly tipping but what else are people supposed to do ? My DS lives down the coast to me and he and his neighbours haven’t had a bin collection since the beginning of March. What do they expect anyone do to with the rubbish? My DS says they are worried about attracting rats .

Thanks for all your good wishes. I'm wrapped in a warm glow whilst waiting for my "easter" egg to boil.

I think the bin men are being redeployed Gilly but what as? Pictures of overflowing bottle banks and flytipping invade the town fb site.
I want to have bonfire but guess that would be antisocial on several levels.

Good Morning All x
Beautiful first thing but has now clouded over. The gulls were doing their squawking sessions so a change in the weather is expected, they don't half make a racket lately, like someone being strangled. The little finches can't get a word in.

Feeling a bit sad today after D had told me that one of the children had shouted out " dad " in her sleep----he died last month. Bless her, she must have been dreaming, you don't know what goes on in their minds. It's upset me that I can't go and give her a hug as I'd normally have been with them all today.
Listening to the Rev. Richard Coles earlier eased things a bit.

Lamb for me today and I forgot to get mint jelly but noticed one or two strong sprigs that I have growing that'll stand chopping even if it's just a taste.

Best wishes to those who have anniversaries today x.

A strong message in my local paper this morning from a man whose wife has just lost her life and as he put it " she was as strong as old boots ". This is in Liverpool today where they've had a bad time of it recently. Stay in !

Must try and get to grips with this delivery for the foreseeable future. Because I'm not on any list/ text of " vulnerable or shielded " I feel that I'd be jumping the queue so to speak as I've never resorted to deliveries before and I'm not keen on risking my own life by going into a supermarket as I've always done. I'll see what sort of a muck I can make .

Thinking of Marydoll's parsley out of the freezer---won't it disintegrate ? I couldn't help but smile knowing what she's like for improvising, with success might I add.

Take great care everyone and stay safe and well xx

Good Morning from a bright, but increasingly cloudy Black Country.

It was so hot yesterday I had to wear shorts and a vest top!

We are doing a video call today with all the family, there will be 6 screens, as my Niece in Australia will be joining in. So it has to be about 10.30am as it will be evening there.

I was due to have a filling on 6th April, which naturally has been cancelled. They have pencilled me in for 24th May, but who knows if that will happen? Last night part of that tooth came away! I have been so careful when eating. It is not aching but who knows what it will be like in a few weeks. When they cancelled my appointment, they said I would have to be in severe pain before they would see me? Who would be the judge of that?

More pottering in the garden today, after our video call. Then chicken for dinner tonight.

Happy Anniversary to Grammaretto and Nina

Wishing you all the best Easter Day possible

Good morning from the NE coast where we have another grey cloudy start to the day. Forecast not good.

I managed a few hours in the garden yesterday and cleared the shed but now I have 3 bags of rubbish with nowhere to put it other than back in the shed. They have closed the local tip. I have no idea why really, as it was non contact anyway.

My DD has put a little tent in the garden for Evie too Harrigran and she is loving it . My DD said she even had a little nap in there yesterday afternoon and she rarely sleeps during the day anymore.

Many congratulations on your wedding anniversaries to Mr and Mrs Grammaretto and to Mr and Mrs Ninathenana

I really love your “glass overflowing” way of looking at things Gabriella . I wish I could be more like that instead of being such a misery guts.

Thinking about all my lovely Gransnet friends.

Love Gillybob x

Good morning all from an overcast Glasgow. When mutterings of self isolation started, I bought GD’s Easter eggs and dropped them off at DD1 as I realised our usual plans for this weekend were not going to happen. Looking forward to a FaceTime catch up later.

I’m so impressed you are still able to run Gabriella. I caught sight of myself in a shop window doing a pitiful attempt at running and didn’t recognise myself?

Happy Anniversary Grammaretto?? and Ninathenana??

Entertainment today is a choice of ‘bored’ games, backgammon/chess, knitting and reading and possibly a Sunday afternoon film.

Have the best day you can everyone?

Good morning Mick and all his followers! Happy Easter to you all from sunny Suffolk.
Happy Anniversaries to the Grammarettos and Ninathenanas!
We too will have roast pork later and the spare Christmas pudding which was left over. We always had Christmas pud at Easter at home. Mind you, it’s a big one so we may be eating it for a while!
I hope everyone enjoys this strange Easter.

You’re right Gingster but just you wait until the last week of April teehee!
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Gabriella what a wonderfully uplifting post! Thank you. I can sense your joy this morning. Running = endorphins + springtime + sunshine = happiness. M&S food isn’t to shabby either it seems.
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Good Morning all, very dull and rain isn’t far away .
Think I have hit the gloom bit , oh well the only way is up ?

Good morning, it is overcast here in the NE.
Saw and talked to the family on WhatsApp last night, youngest GD had the tent up in the garden and was using it as a personal den.
DIL had been making masks from pillow cases, they looked really professional. She said there was an instruction video on youtube.
Chateaubriand for lunch today, rescued from the freezer.
Have the best day you can.

Good morning & happy Easter Mick & all from sunny Nottingham.
Roast lamb dinner today.
I made wholemeal bread rolls y’day with help of kitchenaid to have with tea, they were good.
Happy anniversary Grammaretto & ninathenana ?
Take care all & stay safe, have a good day everyone.

Happy Easter Day to you all. There’s a lot of food related posts today. We’ll have Roast chicken. All I do is think what to have for the next meal. . Can’t go on like this. Easter Eggs today and tomorrow start a new regime. (She says) ?. Yes Ginny42 the bluebells are just beginning to spring to life here too and the trees all have that delicate shade of green. So beautiful. It’s strange URMSTONGRAN , we’ve had such beautiful weather here since lockdown and you have had cloudy days.(just an observation, not rubbing it in) Life is topseyturvey at the mo. I’m looking for a new book so will try The Salt Path. Always good to be recommended. A peaceful Easter Day to you all. ????

Good morning from Chester where the weather is overcast. I will make an effort and wash and blow dry my hair today before facetime with family. I have spent the last week busy in the garden but plan a lazy day today. Roast chicken for lunch and maybe a glass of wine, then some quiet reading and a little sewing. Have the best day you can everyone.

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Happy Easter

Good Easter Sunday Morning, Michael and all GNs. The sun is out again in South Yorkshire. I feel rather drained as DH was not well last night and I didn’t get a lot of sleep, so we will have a quiet(er) day today. It seems a lot of us are having roast pork for lunch! Shame it’s not with the family, but there we are.
Happy Anniversary to Grammaretto and Nina; enjoy your day!??

Good Morning from an overcast Fife, it may brighten up but not as nice as yesterday when we had sun the whole afternoon. Happy Anniversary Nina and Grammaretto. This will be an anniversary you will never forget. It will be an odd day for us all who normally celebrate Easter with our families but I'm sure we shall all make the best of the day. Keep your chin up GN's and look forward to the future

Good morning campers...hi...ok, ??
I woke this morning with a hymn going round and round in my head. I was humming it on my run and I daresay it will surface again during the day...no idea why.
It was 'Immortal invisible...
Godalming is flourishing in the sunshine.
Trees flaunting their fresh green mantles and window boxes, hanging baskets and kerbside greens full of wild daffs and riots of colour.
I took a different route today and stopped to breathe in the fresh earthy, woody smells and gaze at horses, sheep and llamas grazing and fields full of burgeoning life.
Some fields of rape, when in full 'bloom', hurt your eyes, such is the intensity of colour.
All is still as I 'write' this after drowning the pots in their morning drink of water and enjoying my cappuccino with a huge M&S apple turnover (£1).
I bought 3 yesterday they are sooo good.

Brunch will be scrambled chilli eggs on a toasted muffin and for dinner (around 5.30pm) I'll be having warm quiche, new potatoes and a big bowl of salad followed by fresh raspberries and cream with mini meringues, all courtesy of M&S - their food really is first class.
For now it's adiós and I do hope that this special Sunday brings peace and contentment to everyone wherever you are.
☀️☀️☀️???and a very Happy Easter to all.

Good morning and Happy Easter , my first totally alone ever . Woke up this morning very early after an awful dream . I had a cup of tea and decided to try and go back to sleep, which I surprisingly did till 8am ! I’m going to cook a chicken today and hope to have Easter lunch via FaceTime with my daughter and family if we can co- ordinate things .

Mythbirtthedragon so sorry to hear about your aunt

Good morning from east London, little bit cloudy here, supposed to be heating up again. On our walk yesterday, we found, for the second time this week, bits of Epping Forest where we’d never walked before. Close to home, been close by but it’s surprising how much there is of it. The local park that’s open had someone ‘in attendance’ and arrows have been painted on the paths to create a 1-way system. Will pop over to DD today or tomorrow to drop off some Easter choc. ; DP has already earmarked the chocolate caramel bunnies for himself. Sad news yesterday, the last of my Dad’s siblings, his younger sister died on Friday night. Nothing to do with Co-vid, she’d not been well for a few months and I think when she was told she couldn’t go back to her own home, that was it. Since my mam died 10 years ago, I’d become closer to my aunt and will miss the chats we had when I was up north. I have already raised a cup of tea in salute to her. Have the best day you can.

Good morning Easter Sunday from a bright and ?Northampton.

Looking forward to our neighbours' drinks party at lunchtime - chairs at the end of the drive and shout to each other! I shall be taking an Aperol spritz out today - I fancied something special last night, so cracked open a bottle of Prosecco.

Shall sit in the garden and read this afternoon, then an early dinner and be ready to continue our family WhatsApp game of Trivial Pursuit. Be good to see everyone.

Have a good day, everyone, and congratulations to those celebrating anniversaries today.

Happy Easter to everyone from a sunny mid-Notts. As these strange times continue I'm sure we are all missing family and friends especially today. Stay safe and may Easter Sunday be kind to us all x

Good morning Michael, Annie and all who follow, from our sunny bit of Berks.
The sky is blue and the birds are singing and chirping their hearts out.
We should have been celebrating this Easter Sunday with DD and family, but will join them all for a Zoom session this afternoon.
I cooked a joint of lamb in the slow cooker yesterday and will do roast vegetables later.
Happy Anniversary to Gramaretto and Ninathenana
A bit later on we shall listen to our Church service on line and remember all our friends.
I have been enjoying the garden, mostly reading in it, but feel so lucky to have a garden, and make the most of it.
One of our neighbours brought us some chocolate cup cakes yesterday afternoon, that she had baked, and also had her baby daughter with her, at the end of the drive. She has grown so quickly, and had a sweet smile.
Nina glad you came back with reassurance that it was lamb, not lab. I was thinking chocolate, golden or black?
Sending best wishes to Gillybob and Marydoll and all who have had problems.
Have a good day one and all. Take care and stay safe.